From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Jan_Dj=E4rv?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Undocumented menu feature? Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2014 18:50:24 +0200 Message-ID: <1892FD19-39D4-4825-AB8C-CE13C5268CF3@swipnet.se> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.3 \(1878.6\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1412268666 24978 80.91.229.3 (2 Oct 2014 16:51:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2014 16:51:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Sergey Organov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 02 18:50:59 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XZjaf-0007Y6-Qx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 02 Oct 2014 18:50:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35288 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XZjaf-00043p-GJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 02 Oct 2014 12:50:53 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41167) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XZjaM-00043X-63 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Oct 2014 12:50:39 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XZjaG-00062Z-K9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Oct 2014 12:50:34 -0400 Original-Received: from mailfe04.swip.net ([212.247.154.97]:52470 helo=swip.net) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XZjaG-00062O-Cy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Oct 2014 12:50:28 -0400 X-T2-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40 Original-Received: from hosdjarv.se (account mj138573@tele2.se [46.59.42.57] verified) by mailfe04.swip.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.4) with ESMTPA id 535396659; Thu, 02 Oct 2014 18:50:24 +0200 In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1878.6) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 212.247.154.97 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:174941 Archived-At: Hi. 2 okt 2014 kl. 17:46 skrev Sergey Organov : > Jan Dj=E4rv writes: >=20 >> Hi. >>=20 >> 2 okt 2014 kl. 16:34 skrev Sergey Organov : >>=20 >>> Hello, >>>=20 >>> I've asked this in help-gnu-emacs, but nobody seems to have a clue >>> there. Hopefully some developer(s) knwow. >>>=20 >>> Here is the reference: >>>=20 >>> = http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2014-10/msg00007.html >>>=20 >>> And here is my original question: >>>=20 >>> I suddenly found that my emacs (GNU Emacs 23.2.1, running on >>> Debian/Gnome) is capable of "detaching" some sub-menus and putting = them >>> into separate frames. For example, if I click "File" in the main = menu, >>> submenu appears containing dashed line at the top, and if I click on >>> that dashed line, entire "File" submenu appears in a separate frame. >>>=20 >>> I can't find anything about the feature by googling for it. Could = somebody >>> please point me to relevant documentation? >>=20 >> We don't have Emacs specific documentation for this, it is a standard >> Gtk+ feature. About to be deprecated in Gtk+ I think. >=20 > Thanks, but first I don't see it in any other application but Emacs, = and > second it looks to be somehow controlled from within Emacs: >=20 > Some of Emacs submenus do have it, and some don't. For example, in > "Options", the "Line Wrapping in this Buffer" submenu has the dashed > line, while neither "Mule (Multilingual Environment)" nor "Customize > Emacs" have one. >=20 > I can't figure any template, as some submenus of non-detachable menus > could be detachable, and vice versa. Moreover, ["Tools" "Spell > Checking"] has this active dashed line right in the middle (between=20 > "Complete Word Fragment" and "Complete Word"), not at the top. I don't have this, it mihgt be a Gtk theme issue. I have dashed lines = on all menus at the top. >=20 > The latter makes one think it's some special kind of separator, but I > fail to see something relevant in "22.17.1.3 Menu Separators." >=20 > How do I control it from Emacs? You don't. As it is going away, we are not doing much with it.=20 Jan D.